On 30/12/17 12:55, Alan McKinnon wrote: > [2nd random OT factoid] > It's the "world series" because the first sponsor was a newspaper "News > of the World" iirc (plus some typical US bravado)
Actually it was the New York World. So actually imho it was originally perfectly legit. As usual, however, things change, meanings change, and now it gives completely the wrong impression. [3rd random OT factoid] The News Of The World was a British tabloid, which shut down after the phone hacking scandal - a lot of their stories were obtained by hacking into celebrities, politicians, royals voicemails, and while it was very hard to prove it was also blatantly obvious that journalists were acting under pressure, if not actual orders, from the very top. Cheers, Wol
